Verse 1:
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It came upon a midnight clear
C A7 D
That glorious song of old
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From angels bending near the earth
C D G
To touch their harps of gold
B7 Em B7 Em
“Peace on the earth, goodwill to men
D A7 D
From heav’n’s all-gracious King.”
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The world in solemn stillness lay
C D G
To hear the angels sing
Verse 2:
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring
O hush the noise, ye men of strife
And hear the angels sing
Verse 3:
And ye, beneath life’s crushing load
Whose forms are bending low
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing